HPM Sheikh Hasina optimistic of Awami League's victory in the next poll

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm optimism of Awami League' s victory in the next election and the development spree will continue through it. "Insha Allah the 'boat' (AL's election symbol) will be victorious and the development spree of the country will keep on," she told a mammoth public rally here this afternoon. Sheikh Ha...

A New Year joke?: Nadeem Qadir

As we have stepped into 2018, it has been all about the next parliamentary elections, and what awaits the nation in the coming months as the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP are locked in fighting a war-of-words over the polls. Until now! The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia and her convict son Tarique Rahman have made...

People to resist BNP again if it tries to foil polls: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said the people will resist the BNP-Jamaat like the previous time if they try to foil the election this time. "The BNP-Jamaat made allout efforts and unleashed terrorist acts to resist the 2014 elections. But their movement didn't get public support, rather they (people) put up resistance...

City Election: BNP quits midway, not Bangladesh

Before the city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong, BNP was desperate – not to win the race but to quit midway through the voting. Afraid to test their popularity due to the 93 days of arson campaign on innocent people, they were on the lookout for any chance to make the democratic process questionable and snatch people’s ...

When Politics Becomes Terrorism

Since being voted back to power in January 2014, the country continued its march of progress in almost all sectors of economic and human development under the Awami League government. In line with the successes achieved in the previous 5 years, the year saw Bangladesh continuing its progress in all major indictors of economic, social and human ...

Only AL Secures People’s Rights: PM

Seeking vote to return to power once again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, only Awami League ensures the protection of people’s rights. People had never been disappointed by entrusting their faith on the Awami League, she added. “You voted for us in the 2008 election, and you were not deprived. If you vote us to power again, we ...